HIST 2013 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Jim Crow Laws, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
25 Aug 2016
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Southern whites: depart after 1964 civil rights act. Working-class whites (north and west: increasingly suburbanized. Civil rights movement continues to push: selma event where sncc is trying to organize voters and mlk tries to get tv to cover event. Mlk planning a march that has to cross a bridge police band together and fight against unarmed marchers with weapons: voting rights act (1965) Any prerequisite a state passes in regards to voting must be reviewed by the federal government. Specifically targeted at south because of jim crow laws. Part 2 of jim crow was taking away vote through colorblind laws: Sncc is really pushing elimination of this portion of jim crow specifically in. 2 years ago supreme court nixed voting rights act because they say it"s not needed. Immigration reform: gets rid of quotas passed in 1920s on immigrants, implements quotas on latinos to 120,000 per year.
